Jantuah challenges Abraham for IBF middleweight strap tomorrow night!

12/05/2006

Jantuah challenges Abraham for IBF middleweight strap tomorrow night!

This Saturday, May 13, DiBella Entertainment's Kofi Jantuah will challenge champion Arthur Abraham at the Stadthalle Zwickau Arena in Zwickau, Germany, in a twelve round contest for the IBF Middleweight Championship.

 

Abraham (20-0, 17 KO's) boasts an unblemished record and will be making his second title defense since capturing the vacant IBF Middleweight title against Kingsley Ikeke on December 10, 2005. The 31 year-old Jantuah (30-2, 18 KO's) has recorded victories in nine of his last ten fights, scoring a third round TKO win over Donnie McCrary in his last bout on December 3, 2005 on the Jermain Taylor-Bernard Hopkins undercard at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

 

The fight is scheduled to begin at 10:10 p.m. local time, with German television coverage beginning at 7:00 p.m. local time, 1:00 p.m. ET.  The bout is not televised in the U.S. but will be available for 9.99 GBP at http://www.sportal.com/Index